tart
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The liqueur has a touch of sweetness that counters the tart grapefruit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
These acids give kombucha its familiar tart flavor.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
They slurped the cafe’s signature lavashak smoothie — a tart mixture including peaches, various berries and pomegranate molasses — and munched on slow-cooked lamb over nachos with melty Armenian string cheese.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
For the moms who love a tart yet refreshing dessert, treat them to homemade lime ice cream.
From Salon ● May 10, 2026
It was very tart, like biting into a lemon.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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So it makes pain au chocolat and delicate tarts, but also strawberry mochi donuts or red bean bread.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
For about $6, a box gives you two buttery sheets of possibility: enough to make crisp, savory egg tarts for the main course — and a small sweet course to follow.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
Six new Pasadena bakeries to visit for cinnamon rolls, cookies, croissants, Labubu tarts, bagels, gluten-free desserts and vegan pastries.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
The idea initially came from a colleague, who praised the homemade tarts he would bring into work.
From BBC ● Dec. 16, 2025
Duane was not completely sure what any of that meant, but he did know that if there were to be sorbets, tarts, and aplomb to eat, it would have to wait for three more days.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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English and organic red wines, which he says can taste tarter, are among his favourites to drink chilled.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Yes, the Sweet Potato Roll with Fried Chesapeake Catfish, Preserved Ramp tarter is a longtime favorite and is still available.
From Salon ● Jul. 16, 2024
The sauce will tilt sweeter or tarter depending on the citrus you choose, but that’s half the fun of it because there is a wide berth of goodness there.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2021
And there’s a rabbit hole of detail to descend into: freckles, skin moles and scars, teeth tarter, nose hair and shaving nicks on the necks and faces of figures.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2020
We shall get a lighter and tarter wine from the Sonoma and other northern vineyards, which will please many tastes better than the southern wines.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 by Various
The most important contributor is black screenwriter Bill Gunn, adapting a 1966 novel by Kristin Hunter, also black, but adding most of the tartest lines and characterisations himself.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 4, 2012
In fact, the tartest sections of this book reflect Mr. Cheney’s frustration when things did not go his way.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2011
“Man of the Hour,” one of the tartest songs from the new album, came next, and Ms. Jones’s ample indignation trumped the clunky lyrics.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2010
Pressed to name some, the President adopted his tartest professorial tones.
From Time Magazine Archive
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This was spoken by Lady Janet in her tartest of voices, and with a steady stare at Upton, who stroked his moustaches in very palpable confusion.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
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